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A rash, ruthless and unscrupulous politician, [1] John murdered the King's brother, the Duke of Orléans, in an attempt to gain control of the government, which led to the eruption of the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War in France and in turn culminated in his own assassination in 1419.
24 mag 2024 · John (born May 28, 1371, Rouvres, Burgundy—died Sept. 10, 1419, Montereau, Fr.) was the second duke of Burgundy (1404–19) of the Valois line, who played a major role in French affairs in the early 15th century.
1 giorno fa · In this extract from the book, ‘The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire’, John I of Burgundy, also known as John the Fearless (Jean sans Peur , Jan zonder Vrees) led an army to fight the nobles and burghers of Liège in the Battle of Othée, a crucial moment in shifting the Burgundian centre of gravity to the Low Countries.
John of Burgundy (Jean de Bourgogne; 1231 – 29 September 1268) was a Count of Charolais and Lord of Bourbon. He was a younger son of Duke Hugh IV of Burgundy and his wife, Yolande of Dreux. John married in February 1248 to Agnes (d. 1288), the heiress of Lord Archambaud IX of Bourbon from the House of Dampierre.
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, was assassinated on the bridge at Montereau on 10 September 1419 during a parley with the French Dauphin (the future Charles VII of France), by Tanneguy du Chastel and Jean Louvet, the Dauphin's close counsellors.
John the Fearless. (1371—1419) Quick Reference. (1371–1419), Duke of Burgundy, born in Dijon, the son of Duke Philip the Bold (Philippe le Hardi); from 1384, when his maternal grandfather died, he was known as the count ... From: John the Fearless in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance » Subjects: History — Early Modern History (1500 to 1700)
John the Fearless, 1371–1419, duke of Burgundy (1404–19); son of Philip the Bold. He fought against the Turks at Nikopol in 1396 and was a prisoner for a year until he was ransomed.
